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When will you stop BF?!?

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Re: When will you stop BF?!?

  • ChocotruffleChocotruffle member
    Our goal is 6 months. I EP and can't have dairy... it's really wearing on me. I'll go past 6 months but really cut down on pumping times. I'd love to go for a full year, but I can't see keeping up for another 6 months.
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  • shortermommyshortermommy member
    @Kandreas1‌ --- how did I get brought up?
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  • shortermommyshortermommy member
    Lol... No problem.. I was like what?!? What did I do now? Eek.... @Kandreas1‌ and then my next thought was wait did she see me BF DS in the car? Lol...
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  • kareik01kareik01 member
    Eena1242 said:
    It's a state law where I live that mothers are allowed to nurse wherever the mother is permitted to be. I have a little card that states the law and has a number I can call to report a business that asks me to leave because I'm BFing. Nobody has ever asked me to nurse elsewhere. In fact nobody has ever even seemed to notice except one young pregnant lady who was asking me all kinds of questions about NIP. I'm glad we have this law because it gave me the courage to NIP the first few times.
    Ohhh I love this. I searched my state's BF laws before DD was born too so by law I can nurse anywhere too. I like the idea of having the card with the laws and the number to call. I just might have to do that.
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  • herecomesthesunherecomesthesun member
    My family is very pro-BF. My mom nursed us as long as we wanted. My siblings nursed until 2-3 years old. I weaned myself around 1 year- and it made my mom sad but she is not one to force things. Nor am I. This is why I don't really want to wean either as I feel most children will wean themselves at some point. However, we had quite a time conceiving so we may have to in order to have another. 

    I decided we will revisit this at one year. LO may wean himself. He may still be nursing here and there. If we need help, docs may say the BFing is something we can work around. I just don't know. H and I are very roll with the punches with much of the parenting stuff. 

    I NIP. When I do, I am as discreet as I possibly can be. I've never been able to plan outings around nursing since LO sometimes is hungrier than usual.  I've nursed in a restaurant booth, I've nursed at a restaurant table, I've nursed in the waiting area at the doc's office. If I got side-eyed, I never noticed and have never, ever been approached.  I don't live in a crunchy area.


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  • chase16chase16 member
    Eena1242 said:

    It's a state law where I live that mothers are allowed to nurse wherever the mother is permitted to be. I have a little card that states the law and has a number I can call to report a business that asks me to leave because I'm BFing. Nobody has ever asked me to nurse elsewhere. In fact nobody has ever even seemed to notice except one young pregnant lady who was asking me all kinds of questions about NIP. I'm glad we have this law because it gave me the courage to NIP the first few times.

    This has been my experience as well.. The few people that have reacted have either smiled at me, or one elderly gentleman said that it was so great to see mothering. I NIP without a cover. I've never had a negative experience
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  • herecomesthesunherecomesthesun member
    YoginiKiki said:
    herecomesthesun said:
    hmctagg01 said:
     Not many people rip their shirts off and scream "hey! Look at my tits in my kid's mouth" like a lot of bf side eyes like to think. ;)
    Wait... ya'll don't??

    ;))

    I have a few friends that NIP but I rarely see random NIP. I wish I saw more.
    Mine are so big it really does seem like this if I do....so I don't...because IM not comfortable with the amount of skin that I would be showing.
    Oh, I have F cups so I feel you (my boobs are still bigger than LO's head!). I just have figured out ways around it because covers make LO and I sweat like crazy.
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  • MC03MC03 member

    @Yoginikiki I have giant boobs (J) but have still worked out ways to NIP that I think show very minimal skin, even without a cover.  I wear a cami underneath whatever shirt I have on.  Then I pull my shirt up, cami and bra down, and the latch LO.  Then cover the boob that is showing by pulling my shirt down ontop of it to right where LO is latched.

    Obviously, do what makes you feel comfortable and if NIP is not for you then cool.  I just wanted to let you know my "technique" in case you did want to NIP but just hadn't figure out how.  It's interesting too because with my first I was a lot more reserved and shy, and never nursed without a cover.  Now I don't bother with a cover at all.  Even if I show a little nip while LO is latching I'm like, eh.  But that attitude definitely took time for me to discover! 

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  • lburkey21lburkey21 member
    I plan to go for a year, but not more than 18 months. Unless DS has other plans and decides to wean himself before then.

     

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  • MC03MC03 member
    Kandreas1 said:
    I do the same as @MC03‌ Have a tank under my skirt. I have found in the winter that an infinity scarf works amazing as a cover. The ones that are kind of bunch together.
    Sometimes I use a scarf like that too and it works great!
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  • violajackviolajack member
    Darn life getting in the way of bumping....

    @weeklyplanner, I'm in the bay area, CA. I never saw breastfeeding growing up (at least that I noticed). I knew I wanted to breastfeed, but was nervous about the boobs being out. Then I had serious issues with my first - mainly a tongue tie that resulted in some pretty severe damage to my nipples. I attended a breastfeeding support group for the first six weeks where we were all boobs out and LC went from woman to woman helping. I got over the boobs out thing pretty quickly. I also got over a lot of my body image issues. I never did feel sexy or see my body in much of a sexual way, so I didn't really have to reset those ideas, but I really started to see the awesome thing my boobs could do to feed my son and that has made me much more confident in my body. (also growing a baby in my belly has made me love my body, but then I grew up in an environment that tended towards shaming in addition to not really liking my body to begin with)

    But anyway - extended nursing is for the mother? Nope. Have you ever tried to get a toddler/young child to do something they didn't want to do? If they're done, they're done. That's not something you can force.

    And in case you were worried, the leaky boob does recommend not letting them drive until they've weaned. ;)

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  • herecomesthesunherecomesthesun member
    I do the same as @MC03 and also with the scarfs.  NIP isn't easy, that's for sure. LO likes to stretch his head back and gawk these days. 

    I have 2 shirts with awesome drape that drop easily when LO pops off. Those are my favorite to wear over tanks while NIP.  This is one of them. As an added plus, it dries quickly and hides milk stains.

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  • RoccoBabyKRoccoBabyK member
    I haven't NIP since LO was 2 months old and we went to watch a horse show in DC. I was still using the shield at that point and it was so hot in there with a cover that she just kept unlatching and screaming. It was so quiet in there except for my screaming kid. It was awful. People kept turning around and staring. I was nervous laughing and it was just a perfect storm. Now I just go to my car or more regularly nurse before I go in. Maybe I'll try again now that we don't use the shield.
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  • aly&samaly&sam member
    My goal is 6 months but that's only a month away! So my next goal is 8 months. Will probably wean for sure after that
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  • wandsandwinewandsandwine member
    I've nursed in front of family a car and at friends houses but never at anywhere like a mall.

    Side note maybe I'm a child but I think it's funny that the acronym for nurse in public is NIP lol =))
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